Freight Railroads - Northeast Region
- Algoma Central Railfan and Modeling Site - Information center for modelers and railfans of the Algoma Central Railway, with a photo gallery, rosters, map, and more
- Aliquippa & Ohio River Railroad - Serves an industrial park in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Valley Railroad - Shortline operating 70 miles of track in the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area
- Ann Arbor Railroad - Operates between Ann Arbor, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio
- Appalachian and Ohio Railroad - Operates 158 miles from Grafton to Cowen, West Virginia, on former B&O territory
- Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railroad - Operates 6.3 miles in Ashtabula County, Ohio
- Barrie Collingwood Railway - Provides rail car transportation and switching services in Barrie and Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
- Batten Kill Railroad - Shortline railroad operates 34 miles from Greenwich, New York
- Bay Colony Railroad - Shortline freight railroads in Millis and North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
- Bessemer & Lake Erie - Map and photos of the B&LE in Pennsylvania by Carsten Lundsten
- Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Information - History, roster, maps photos, and more about the B&LE in western Pennsylvania and Ohio, now part of Canadian National
- BethIntermodal, Inc - Rail car storage, transloading, intermodal terminal, industrial switching, and warehousing in Bethlehem and Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Black River & Western Railroad - Shortline freight service between Ringoes and Three Bridges, New Jersey
- Brandywine Valley Railroad - Serves the electric steelmaking facilities of Bethlehem Steel's Coatesville, Pennsylvania site
- Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad - 411 mile regional railroad system in New York and Pennsylvania
- Camp Chase Railroad - Industrial railroad operating 14 miles of track around Columbus, Ohio
- Canton Railroad Company - Industrial switching carrier in East Baltimore, Maryland
- Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway - Operates 240 miles from Truro to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Carload Express - Operates three shortline railroads serving western Pennsylvania and Ohio
- Central Railroad of Indiana - Freight service between Cincinnati, Ohio to Shelbyville, Indiana
- Central Railroad of Indianapolis - 33-mile shortline railroad in north central Indiana
- Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad - 87-mile short line freight carrier connecting Northwest Indiana's industrial complex with 19 railroads, including those within the Chicago Switching District
- Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad - Operates 315 miles between Tolleston, Indiana and Crestline, Ohio
- Claremont Concord Railroad - Shortline railroad offers locomotive, trolley, streetcar, and railcar restoration, repair, custom paint, and graphics; Claremont, New Hampshire
- Columbus & Ohio River Railroad - Regional railroad based in Coshocton, Ohio, formerly part of the Ohio Central System
- Connecticut Southern Railroad - Operates 77 miles of track near Hartford, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts
- Conrail - Corporate homepage of Consolidated Rail Corporation, providing terminal and switching service for parents CSX and Norfolk Southern in Detroit, New Jersey, and Philadelphia
- Conrail Cadillacs: The SD80MAC - Photos, roster, and statistics about Conrail's SD80MAC locomotive, now serving CSX and NS
- Consolidated Rail Corporation - Rosters, frequencies, photos, and other railfan information about Conrail and successors CSX and NS
- Crescent Corridor - Norfolk Southern public-private partnership to build a 2500-mile rail network from New Jersey to Louisiana
- Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad - Operates 88 miles including a mainline between Scranton and Portland, Pennsylvania
- Delray Connecting Railroad - 15-mile shortline in Detroit, Michigan
- Depew, Lancaster & Western Railroad - Operates three divisions with terminals in Batavia, Lancaster and Niagara Falls, New York
- Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad - Offers three distinct passenger excursions along the Greenbrier River, plus freight service on the West Virginia Central Railroad; Elkins, West Virginia
- Eastern Quebec Railways - Information, photos, and rosters about railways in eastern Quebec, including CFMG, QNS&L, Cartier Railway, Wabush Mines, Romaine River Railway, and Tshiuetin Rail Transport
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Archive - Extensive photo galleries, history, rosters, newsletters, maps, models, and more about the EJ&E, now part of Canadian National
- Elkhart & Western Railroad Co. - 10-mile interline carrier from Elkhart to Mishawaka, Indiana
- Essex Terminal Railway - 25-km shortline railway from the east side of Windsor through the Town of LaSalle to Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
- Evansville Western Railway - Provides freight rail service over 124 miles between Evansville, Indiana and Okawville, Illinois, including a branch line at Mt. Vernon, Indiana
- Everett Railroad - Operates 25 miles of track serving the communities of Roaring Spring, Martinsburg, Curryville, and Claysburg, with a connection to Norfolk Southern at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
- Falls Road Railroad - Shortline railroad operates 45 miles in Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties of Western New York
- Finger Lakes Railway - Operates in central New York between Syracuse, Geneva, Penn Yan, and Watkins Glen
- Finger Lakes Railway Unofficial Site - News, photos, history, modeling information, and more; by Carter Garrigues-Cortelyou
- Gary Railway Company - Class III switching carrier operates 63 miles of yard track at Gary, Indiana
- Genesee Valley Transportation - Operates serveral freight railroads in the Northeast including Delaware-Lackawanna, Mohawk Adirondack & Northern, Falls Road, and Depew Lancaster & Western
- Gettysburg & Northern Railroad - 25-mile shortline between Mount Holly Springs and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Goderich-Exeter Railway - Operates 182 miles in Ontario, interchanging with CN in London and Toronto, and CP in Kitchener and Guelph
- Grand Rapids Eastern - Operates 44 miles from Ionia to Marne, Michigan, hauling chemicals, paper, farm products, and auto parts
- Great Lakes Central Railroad - Formerly the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway, operating more than 400 miles in Michigan
- Hoosier Southern Railroad - Operates through Perry and Spencer counties, Indiana, with connections to Norfolk Southern and Tell City River Port
- Housatonic Railroad - Operates freight service over 161 miles in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York
- Huron & Eastern Railway - Operates 171 miles in Michigan, hauling agricultural commodities, automotive parts, chemicals, sugar, fertilizer, and stone products
- Huron Central Railway - Operates between the northern Ontario centers of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie along the north shore of Lake Huron
- INCO Railway - Unofficial site with map, frequencies, photos, roster, and more about this electric operator in Sudbury Region, Ontario, Canada
- Indiana & Northeastern Railroad - Operates nearly 130 miles across northeastern Indiana, northwest Ohio, and southern Lower Michigan
- Indiana & Ohio Railway - Operates 684 miles in western Ohio, southeastern Indiana, and southeast Michigan
- Indiana Harbor Belt Archive - History, rosters, maps, timetables, and photos from the largest terminal railroad in the United States
- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad - Official IHB site with customer tools, news, maps, photos, company store, and more about this switch carrier operating more than 300 miles around Chicago
- Indiana Rail Road - 155-mile shortline railroad serving customers in central and southwest Indiana and east-central Illinois
- Indiana Southern Railroad - Operates 176 miles from Indianapolis to Evansville, Indiana, hauling coal, metal products, petroleum products, grain and grain products, food products, fertilizers, forest products, and alcohol
- Indiana Southwestern Railroad Co. - Switch carrier operating 23 miles from Evansville, Indiana and connecting with CSX and Norfolk Southern
- Juniata Valley Railroad - Regional carrier connecting with NS in Lewistown, Pennsylvania
- Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad - Operates freight service over 155 miles in Illinois and Indiana
- Kendallville Terminal Railway Co. - Serves the city's industrial park in Kendallville, Indiana and interchanges with Norfolk Southern
- Kiski Junction Railroad - Shortline freight railroad also offers passenger excursions from Schenley, Pennsylvania
- Kiski Junction Railroad - Unofficial site of the shortline in Schenley, Pennsylvania
- Lake State Railway - Shortline railroad operates 225 miles of track in northern Michigan between Bay City and Alpena, and between Bay City and Gaylord
- Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad - Photos, history, news, and modeling information about the LS&I in Michigan
- Lake Terminal Railroad - Terminal switching carrier in Lorain, Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie
- Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad - 282-mile system operating throughout western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania
- Louisville & Indiana Railroad - Operates 106 miles between Indianapolis, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky
- Lowville & Beaver River Railroad - Operates 10 miles from Lowville, New York
- Lycoming Valley Railroad - Regional carrier serving Avis, Williamsport, and Muncy, Pennsylvania, with NS connection at Newberry
- Madison Railroad - 25-mile mainline extending from Madison to North Vernon, Indiana
- Mahoning Valley Railway - Switching service in Youngstown, Struthers, and Campbell, Ohio
- Maryland & Delaware Railroad - Shortline railroad operating over 120 miles of track on the Delmarva Peninsula
- Maryland Midland Railway - Operates 70 miles of track from Union Bridge, Maryland
- Massachusetts Coastal Railroad - Regional freight railroad based in Hyannis, Massachusetts
- Massena Terminal Railroad - Terminal switching railroad interchanges with CSX in Massena, New York
- McKeesport Connecting Railroad - Terminal switching railroad serving the Camp-Hill pipe mill, located along the Monongahela River in McKeesport, Pennsylvania
- Michigan Shore Railroad - Hauls sand and chemicals over 7 miles in Muskegon, Michigan
- Michigan Southern Railroad - Short line railroad operating 48 miles in Michigan and Indiana
- Mid-Michigan Railroad - Operates 67 miles in Michigan from Lowell to Greenville and from Paines to Alma
- Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad - 11-mile steam and diesel excursions along the Swatara Creek from Middletown, Pennsylvania, plus freight service in the Harrisburg-Hershey area
- Middletown and New Jersey Railway - Operates 14 miles in Middletown, New York
- Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad - Operates 124 miles in Onieda, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties of northern New York
- Monongahela Connecting Railroad - Shortline along the Monongahela River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway - 745 route miles of track and associated trackage rights formerly operated as the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Canadian American Railroad, Northern Vermont Railroad, Quebec Southern Railway, and Van Buren Bridge Company
- Morristown & Erie Railway - Shortline railroad operating on 154 miles of track in New Jersey; also offers exclusive private rail cars for charter and operates trains for the Whippany Railway Museum
- National Gateway - Public-private partnership to create a more efficient rail route linking Mid-Atlantic ports and Midwestern markets with the use of double-stack trains
- NB Southern Railway - Regional freight service between Saint John, New Brunswick and Mattawamkeag and Brownville Junction, Maine
- New England Central Railroad - Operates 327 miles between the Port of New London, Connecticut and East Alburg, Vermont (just south of Montreal)
- New England Southern Railroad - Rosters and photos of a shortline operating from Concord, New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Northcoast Railroad - Shortline operates between Rollinsford and Ossipee, New Hampshire
- New York & Atlantic Railway - Operates freight service over 269 miles of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR); Glendale, New York
- New York & Lake Erie Railroad - Operates 35 miles in Cataraugus County, New York, from Gowanda to Waterboro, and Dayton to Cattaraugus
- New York New Jersey Rail - Moves freight by rail barge across NYC Harbor between Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City, New Jersey
- New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway - Operates over 400 miles of track in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, with headquarters in Cooperstown, New York
- Newburgh & South Shore Railroad - 13 mile short line serves Birmingham Steel and a diverse customer base; Cleveland, Ohio
- Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad - Regional freight service between Tyrone, Lock Haven, and State College, Pennsylvania
- North Shore Railroad - Operators of North Shore Railroad, Lycoming Valley Railroad, Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad, Juniata Valley Railroad, Union County Industrial Railroad, and Shamokin Valley Railroad
- Northern Ohio & Western Railway - Operates a former Pennsylvania Railroad mainline southeast of Toledo, extending 21 miles from Woodville to Tiffin, Ohio
- Ohio Southern Railroad - Operates 50 miles from Zanesville to New Lexington, Glass Rock, and Glouster, Ohio
- Oil Creek & Titusville Lines - Provides freight service along 17 miles between Rouseville and Titusville in northwest Pennsylvania
- Ontario Central Railroad - Freight service between Victor, Farmington, Manchester, and Shortsville, New York, with interchanges to CSX, NS, and Finger Lakes Railway
- Ontario Midland Railroad - Operates 47 miles in Wayne and Monroe counties in western New York
- Ontario Northland - Rail freight services for the transportation of mineral and forest products, chemicals, petroleum, and other products to and from northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec, Canada
- Ontario Northland Railfan Site - Repository of information for Ontario Northland railfans including news, photo gallery, roster information, route map, passenger schedules, and more
- Ontario Southland Railway - Switches the large Petro-Canada oil refinery in Clarkson, operates 17.6 miles between Ingersoll and Tillsonburg, and operates the 24 mile Guelph Junction Railway between Guelph and Campbellville, Ontario, Canada
- Orangeville Brampton Railway - 55km shortline between Orangeville and Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Valley Railway - Operates 340 miles between Conistion and Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) - Operates 1,600 miles of track in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont
- Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad - Operates 12 miles serving J&L Specialty Steel in Midland, Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad - Operates within the 1,600-acre Bethlehem Commerce Center, the former Bethlehem Steel manufacturing plant, and interchanges with NS and CP
- Pinsly Railroad Company - Operates railroads in Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Florida
- Pioneer Railcorp - Shortline railroad holding company operating 16 railroads totaling over 535 miles in ten states
- Pioneer Valley Railroad - Shortline operating 16 miles between Westfield and Holyoke in western Massachusetts
- Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad - Operates 42 miles of former Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny and Pennsylvania Railroad trackage west and southwest of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad - Switching line serving an industrial complex in McKees Rocks; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Port Colborne Harbour Railway - Shortline serving Port Colborne, Welland, Thorold, and St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- Port Jersey Railroad Company (PJRR) - Rail freight service in Bayonne and Jersey City, New Jersey with access to port facilities for ocean shipping of containers, bulk, and break-bulk products
- Providence & Worcester Railfan Club - Roster, history, schedules, excursion info, and more from a regional railroad operating in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York
- Providence & Worcester Railroad - Regional railroad operating more than 500 miles in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York
- Quebec Gatineau Railway - Provides freight services to the major industrial regions and ports in the Province of Quebec, Canada
- Quincy Bay Terminal Company - Class III common carrier shortline railroad, providing freight and rail services between Quincy and Braintree, Massachusetts
- Raritan Central Railway - Operates three switching and terminal railroad operations including Raritan Central, New Jersey & Northern, and Pennsylvania & Southern
- Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad - Regional freight railroad based in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania operates more than 300 miles
- Roberval & Saguenay Railway - Operates 160 km in Quebec, Canada between the harbour at Port Alfred and the Alcan plants in Arvida, Grande Baie, Laterriere, and Alma
- Rochester & Southern Railroad - Operates 51 miles between Silver Springs and Rochester, New York
- Saginaw Bay Southern Railway - Shortline railroad operates 67 miles between Mt. Morris and Saginaw, Michigan, with branches to Bay City, Midland, and Paines
- SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority - Owns five shortline railroads in Central Pennsylvania including the Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad, Lycoming Valley Railroad, North Shore Railroad, Shamokin Valley Railroad, and Juniata Valley Railroad
- Shamokin Valley Railroad - Regional carrier serving Northumberland, Sunbury, and Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, with connections to NS and Reading & Northern
- SMS Rail Lines - Industrial rail services in the Mid-Atlantic Region including the Pureland Industrial Complex (New Jersey), Penn Warner Industrial Park (Morrisville, Pennsylvania), and Northeastern Industrial Park (Albany, New York)
- South Branch Valley Railroad - Owned and operated by the West Virginia State Rail Authority (SRA), providing freight service and Potomac Eagle passenger excursions
- Southern Ontario Railway - Operates 44 miles in southern Ontario, interchanging with CN in Hamilton, Parism and Brantford, and with CP in Hamilton
- Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad - Shortline operating 66 miles from Greensburg to Smithfield, Pennsylvania
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Railroad - Operates over former Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad branches in southwestern Pennsylvania
- St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad - Operates over 260 miles of contiguous mainline track between Portland, Maine, and Ste. Rosalie, Quebec, Canada
- St. Lawrence & Hudson Railway - History, locomotive roster, and map of the StL&H in Canada, operated by Canadian Pacific
- St. Thomas & Eastern Railway - Shortline operating from Delhi to near New Sarum, Ontario, Canada, and over Canadian National trackage rights to St. Thomas
- Susquehanna.Railfan.Net - New York Susquehanna & Western Railway history, photos, and more
- Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad - Operates 369 miles from Mapleton, Illinois through Peoria across Illinois to Logansport, Indiana
- Transtar - Operates water and rail transport services in the US
- Trillium Railway - Operates two shortline railways in Southern Ontario, Canada, including the Port Colborne Harbour Railway (PCHR) and the St. Thomas & Eastern Railway
- Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad - Unofficial site of a shortline southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, running from Trafford to Export
- Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad - 11 mile rail link between Export and Trafford, Pennsylvania, serving Dura-Bond Industries
- Union County Industrial Railroad - Switching carrier interchanges with NS in Milton, Pennsylvania
- Union Railroad Company - Provides freight switching service between North Bessemer and Clairton, Pennsylvania and operates the Duquesne Wharf Facility for barge-to-rail transport of coal and other commodities
- Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad - Provides rail service to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's plate mill in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and to Philadelphia Newspapers
- US Rail Corporation - Operates three shortline railroads in Ohio, including Hamilton, Jackson, and Cuyahoga Falls
- Vermont Rail System - Operates the Vermont Railway, Green Mountain RR, Clarendon & Pittsford RR, Washington County RR, and the New York & Ogensburg Railway
- Warren & Trumbull Railroad - 7-mile industrial railroad in Warren, Ohio
- Wellsboro & Corning Railroad - 35-mile shortline operates between Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and Corning, New York
- West Michigan Railroad Co. - 15 miles from Hartford to Paw Paw, Michigan
- West Virginia Central Railroad - Unofficial site with photos, map, and information; operates over 135 miles in West Virginia
- Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad - Operates 188 miles between Meadville, Pennsylvania and Hornell, New York
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway - Regional railroad in Ohio and western Pennsylvania
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway - Map, railfan guide, and photos of the W&LE in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Unofficial Site - History, roster, and operations information of a regional railroad in Ohio and western Pennsylvania
- Winchester & Western Railroad - Operates 54 miles from Hagerstown, Maryland through Martinsburg, West Virginia to Winchester and Gore, Virginia
- York Railway - 40-mile shortline railroad in eastern Pennsylvania, providing rail transportation and distribution services betwen York and Hanover
- Youngstown & Austintown Railroad - Industrial railroad based in Youngstown, Ohio
- Youngstown Belt Railroad - Shortline railroad based in Youngstown, Ohio
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